Detachable bottom for pipes



(No Model.)

W. L. HEINEKEN. DETAGHABLE BOTTOM FOR PIPES.

No. 446,634. Patented Feb 17, 1891.

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'WlLIiIAM Ii. IIEINEKEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

DETACHABLE BOTTOM FOR PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,634, dated February 17, 1891.

Application filed September 4, 1890, Serial No. 363,935. (No model.)

' p a citizen of theUnited States, residing-at Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Bottoms for Pipes, of

- which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tobacco-pipes; and it consists of a detachable bottom having a receptacle for the nicotine, constructed as fully set forth hereinafter, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side view of a pipe embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isavertical section of the removable bottom. Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof. Fig. at is a vertical section of a modified construction of the removable bottom. Fig. 5 is a side view of the upper portion of the bottom. Fig. (3 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 7 is a top plan, and Fig. 8 is a side view of the lower portion of the removable bottom.

My invention relates more particularly to the construction of a removable bottom which is adapted to be detachably connected to one form of pipe and to serve to separate the nicotine from the smoke and to retain it in the bottom while the smoke passes through the stem. I have shown the bottom applied to an ordinary corn-cob-pipe bowl and used in connection with a stem of any suitable material desired.

The detachable bottom A may be made of any suitable material; but I have illustrated it as being made of metal, which is cheap, serviceable, and well adapted for the purpose, although in finer pipes itmay be made of other material and may be ornamented or have an outline to correspond with the design of the pipe-bowl B wit-h which it is used.

The detachable bottom maybe variously formed, and in Fig. 2 I have shown it consisting of a metallic bowl having inturned edges (4, to which is secured an upwardly-extending flange O, slitted at the top, as at c, and adapted to be sprung into the bottom of the pipe-bowl and to be retained therein by pressure.

Secured to one side of the bottom is asocketpiece D for the reception of the stem, and this piece is preferably made of metal, so that it will not be affected materially by the heat or by the nicotine. This socket-piece enters the bottom above its lower portion, so that the nicotine can be received and retained in the bottom without danger of passing through the stem.

In order to prevent the tobacco falling into the bottom piece, I provide a perforated button or disk E, which is suitably supported in the bottom, and, as shown in Fig. 2, it rests upon the inwardly-projecting edges a, which prevent its passage into the bottom receptacle, while the flanges C will retain it in position in the pipe after they are pressed inwardly in applying the bottom to the bowl.

In some instances I preferably make the bottom of two separable and detachable portions, and this construction is fully illustrated in Figs. L to S, inclusive. In this case the bottom consists of the open receptacle A and a removable top portion F, and the two portions may be united by screw-threads, lugs, bayonet-joint, or other suitable means, and I have shown in the drawings projecting lugs on the parts, which are adapted to engage each other and hold them together. In Figs. at to S I have shown these lugs fprojecting outwardly from the lower portion and arranged at an angle to the base, and the upper portion formed with indentations to fit the inclined lugs, so that the parts can be locked together, and in Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown the lower portion having outwardly-extending straight lugs and the upper portion having inwardlyextending lugs adapted to engage each other and hold the parts together. In this construction the flanges C are formed integral with the upper or cap portion of the bottom, and in order to support the button E, I form an inwardly-projecting rib e, against which the button rests. The side of the bottom is perforated to receive the socket-piece D, and I have found that a convenient way of doing this is to punch a hole in the bottom and to leave the ragged edges of the metal projecting inward, and these edges-furnish a bearing for securing the socket-piece D.

It is evident that when the bottom is made in two pieces the upper portion F may be permanently secured to .the bottom of the bowl of the pipe by cementing or by screws or other means, while the lower portion can be detached therefrom for the purpose of cleaning. \Vhcntheuppenportion is thus secured, the flanges need not be made flaring or slitted or formed into springs, but may be a rigid tube or cylinder.

It will thus be seen that I provide a simple, cheap, and effective bottom for a pipe, which serves to collect the nicotine and maintain it separate from the smoke, and this can be used with dilferent bowls, so that when one is detached another can readily be replaced in its stead, and at all times the bottom can be readily cleaned and the otfensive nicotine removed.

While I have thus described the principles of my invention and illustrated its application to one form of pipe, it will be evident that th'ose skilled in the art can make use of my invention and apply it to many and various forms without departing from the principles set forth.

\Vhat Iclaim is 1. 'A' detachable bottom for tobacco-pipes, provided with a receptacle for the reception of the nicotine and having spring-flanges to "engage-the interior of the bowl of the pipe,

substantially as described.

2. A detachable bottom for tobacco-pipes, provided with a receptacle for the reception of the nicotine and havingspring-flanges to engage the interior of the bowl of the pipe and a button supported on thebottom within the flanges, substantially as described.

A detachable bottom for tobacco-pipes consisting of two parts detachably secured together, one part forming a receptacle for the nicotine and having a socket for the stem, the other part being provided with spring-flanges to engage the interior of the bowl of the pipe and carrying a perforated button Within the flanges, substantially as described.

4:. In a detachable bottom for tobacco-pipes, a metallic receptacle having a hole punched in its side and provided with a socket-piece for the stem fitting said hole and secured by the ragged edges thereof, substantially as described.

5. A detachable bottom for tobacco-pipes, having a receptacle for the nicotine and a socket-pieceforthestem,provided withspringflanges fitting the interior of the bowl of the pipe and an inwardly-projecting rib atthe base of the flange for supporting the perforated button within the flanges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name-to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM L. HEINEKEN. Witnesses:

NATHAN B. LEVENSON, GEO. W. McCoRMIcK.

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 446,634, granted February 17, 1891, for an improvement in Detachable Bottom for Piges,

was erroneously Written and. printed William L. Heineken, Whereas said name should have been Written and printed William L-Heineken; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 3d day of March, A. D. 1891.

CYRUS BUSSEY, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[SEAL] Oountersigned:

C. E. MITCHELL,

Commissioner of Patents. 

